Record-cabinet.



F. COSS.

RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 9H.

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RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 191?.

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RECORD-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed May 14, 1917. Serial No. 168,404.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Coss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greencastle, in the county of Putnam and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Record-Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a cabinet for phonograph records, whereby the records may be stored compactly and protected from injury and yet each record is easily found and any record may be withdrawn from the cabinet with ease; and to do this by a structure which is simple and inexpensive in construction and efficient in operation.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Figure l is a front elevation of a record cabinet embodying my invention, showing it in connection with a standard talking machine; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the record cabinet, taken parallel to the planes of the stored records; on the .line .22 of Fig. 8; Fig. 3 is a partial plan of the record cabinet with the ceiling piece removed and a partial section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 1 is a partial perspective View of two of thepartitions with their associated swinging leaves; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the removable index board; Fig. 6 is a partial front elevation of such index board and the associated discharge keys below it; Fig. 7 is a similar front elevation of a slightly different form of index board; and F ig. 8 is a partial perspective View of two of the discharge keys and their 1nounting.

My record cabinet may be embodied in any suitable structure, such as in combination with a talking machine, as shown in Fig. 1,.and may consist of any desired number of tiers, two tiers being shown, the record-holding compartment conveniently being provided with the usual doors 10. Each record-holding tier has a floor 11 which is inclined forwardly and downwardly, so that the records when released will roll forward by gravity. They are prevented from rolling entirely out by a stop piece 12 extending transversely of the records and elevated slightly above the floor 11 at its forward edge, so as to stop the record 1n a position where it can readily be grasped by the person desiring to remove it. Each record is located in a separatecompartment, in which it is held on edge, these compartments being provided by sheet metal plates 13 set in saw kerfs in the floor 11 and the ceiling 14. Each partition plate 13 is provided on one face with a fabric covering 15, which extends around the forward edge of such partition plate and covers the opposite face of a swinging leaf 16 so as to provide a hinge for such swinging leaf and a protecting covering to prevent scratching of the records by the metal of either the partition or the swinging leaf. Each partition 13 is notched at the front upper corner and is provided with a leaf spring 17 which projects through such notch against the side of the associated swinging leaf 16 so as to force the rear edge of such swinging leaf toward the fabric-covcred side of the adjacent partition. Thus the swinging leaf 16 forms a spring gripping device for holding the record in the compartment into which said swinging leaf projects, so that until such spring gripping device is released the record will not roll forwardalong the inclined floor 11. Preferably, an extension of the fabric 15 projects from the free edge of each swinging leaf 16 to the adjacent face of the partition 13 on which such swinging leaf is mounted, as is clear from Figs, 2 and 3, which extension 18 has sufficient slack so that it does not interfere with the swinging of the leaf, but prevents a record which may be pushed into the compartment too far from being caught behind such swinging leaf.

In order to release a record 19 so that it may roll forward along the floor 11, the swinging leaf 16, which normally holds such record, is swung against its associated spring 17 so as to separate it from the record which it holds. This swinging is obtained by wedge-shaped discharge keys 20, one of which projects into the upper end of each record compartment between the swinging leaf 16 and the partition toward which the spring 17 pushes it, so that by pushing in such wedge key the swinging leaf is moved against its spring to release the associated record 19. The second record from the bot tom in Fig. 3 is shown released. Each re lease key is conveniently made of sheet metal of the form shown in Fig. 8, with its wedge-shaped end projecting rcarwardly from the lower end of the rear leg of an inverted U-shaped portion 21, and the release keys for all the compartments of a tier are arranged in a horizontal row over a cross bar 22 (Fig. 8) notched on its upper surface thumb piece, between which and theoros's piece 22 a compression spring 23 tending to push the key forward is mounted; The keys are held in place in their notches in the cross piece 22 by a cover piece 2%.

Above each row of keys 20 I preferably provide a removable index board 25, which is directly above the key-cover piece 2-.l and may take various forms, such as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, or as shown in Fig. 7. In Figs. 5 and 6, the ends of this index board are provided with guide slots 26, which slide over projecting pins 27 from the uprights 28 at the sides of the cabinet, so that the index board may be slid in and out. In the form shown in Fi 7 the index board has a notch at one endto fit over a screw head 29 and a notch at the other end to cooperate with a spring catch 30, so that to remove the index board it is first swung from the full line position to the dotted line position. The top face ofthe index board is provided with a suitable record surface, such as a layer 31 of celluloid, which is ruled to provide spaces in the planes of the various record compartments, each space being directly over the associated key 20. The title of the record which is to go into any compartment is written in the corresponding spaceon the index board, so that'the title of the record appears directly over the release key which releases that record, as is indicated inFig. 3. In order to obtain any desired r'ccord,it is located by its'title on the indexboard, and the corresponding key 20, directly below that title, is pushed in. This pushes aside 'the' swinging leaf 16 which holds that record-in its compartment, and allows such record'to roll forward along the inclined floor 11 until stopped by the stop piece 12, in which position it can readily be grasped and withdrawn by hand.' To replace a record, it'needs only to be shoved into its compartment, where it is held automatically by the swingingleaf 16 in such compartment.

I claim as my invention:

1. A record cabinet, comprising a casing having a forwardly slanting floor, a stop member at the forward partof such fioor, a plurality of vertical partitions providing individual compartments for record disks between them, and releasable laterally-acting spring-pressed members cooperating with said partitions for holding record disks in the compartments formed thereby.

2. A record cabinet, comprising a casing having a forwardly slanting floor, a plurality of vertical partitions providing individual compartments for record disks'beftween them, and releasable laterally-acting spring-pressed membersf cooperating with said partitions for holding record disks in the compartments formed thereby.

' 3 A record cabinet, comprising a casing having a forwardly slanting floor, a plurality' of vertical partitions providing indi- 'vidual compartments for record disks be tween them, a swinging leaf mounted'at the forward'endof each partition and spring pressed toward the adjacent partition to form a gripping member to hold a record disk in the compartment between'such two partitions, and a series of discharge keys for separating the respective swinging leaves from the partitionstoward which they are pressed so as to release the record disks. 7

4. A record cabinet, comprising a casing having a forwardly slanting floor, a plurality of vertical "partitions providing individual compartments'for record disks between them, a swinging leaf mounted at the forward end of each partition and springpress'ed toward the adjacentpa'rtition to form a gripping member to hold a record disk in the compartment between such two partitions, and a 'series'ofdischarge keys for separating the respective swinging leaves from the partitions toward which they are pressed so as to release the record 'disks, each of said keys includin 'awe'dgeshaped member m'ountedso that itcan be pushed-in between the associated swingin'gleaf and the partition toward [which it issprin'g-pres'sed. 5'. record" cabinet, comprising "a Y casing having'a forwardlyslanting-floor, a plurality of" vertical partitions providing inclividual' compartments for K record disks between them, swinging leafimounted'at the forward end of each partition and springpre' ssed toward the adjacent "partition'to form a gripping member to hold 'a record diskin'the compartment between such two partitions; a'seri'es of discharge keys for separating the respective swinging leaves from the partitions toward which they are pressed so as to release the record disks, and a fabric 'coveringbn the record-engaging faces of'said partitions andiswinging leaves, such fabric covering forming the hinge mounting'between the'leaves and the partitions on which they are res iectivel'y mounted.

' 6. A record cabinet, comprising acasing having a forwardly slanting floor, a plural--' ity of J vertical partitions providing individual compartments'forrecord disks between them, a swinging leaf, mounted at the forward end of each'p'artition and springpresse'd toward the adjacent partition to formj'a gripping member to hold atrecord' 'disk'in the icompartment between such two partitions, a" ser es of; discharge keys for separating the respective: swinging "leaves from the"partitions' toward which they are pressed so as to release" the record disks, and

a fabric covering on the record-engaging faces of said partitions and swinging leaves.

7. A record cabinet, comprising a casing having a forwardly slanting floor, a plurality of vertical partitions providing individual compartments for record disks between them, a swinging leaf mounted at the forward end of each partition and springpressed toward the adjacent partition to form a gripping member to hold a record disk in the compartment between such two partitions, a series of discharge keys for separating the respective swingin leaves from the partitions toward which they are pressed so as to release the record disks, and a fabric covering on the record-engaging faces of said partitions and swinging leaves, said fabric having a rearward extension be yond the rear edge of each swinging leaf, which edge is attached to the adjacent face of the partition on which such swinging leaf is mounted.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 9th day of May, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

FRANK COSS,

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